Digital Signature on Adobe Acrobat Reader

The article shows how to use your digital certificate to sign a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Open the PDF form you want your signature on, in Adobe Reader.
• If you have received a document with no active signature fields, click on the Tools menu on the top-left.

• Select the Certificates icon.

• Click on the Digitally Sign option that appears in the middle of the taskbar.

• Click and drag to draw the area where you would like the signature to appear using your mouse. Once you finish dragging out the desired size, you will continue to the next step of the signing process.
• "Sign with a Digital ID" wizard will appear. Choose the digital ID you want to use for signing.
• Select Continue.

• Review your signature on the pop-up window and click on Sign.

• Enter the password you set earlier while downloading the certificate to your computer.
• Select Allow.

• The Save As window will come up. Save the form in the location of your choice.